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Commando March - D-Day
The Commando March from Sword Beach to Amfreville via Pegasus Bridge! The route retraced the steps of the original Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade who landed at Sword Beach as part of 3rd Division on D-Day. One of the tasks that day was for the 1st Special Service Brigade to relieve ...
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Blair County: A People's History
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Blair County, Pennsylvania stands at a crossroads of history. Defined by geography, fueled by industry, forged by war, and remade through innovation, the region is a microcosm of the evolving American experience. Interviews, reenactments, and photographs breathe life into a centuries-long journey...
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Port Republic Museum Visitor's Center Film
Learn more about the fights at Cross Keys, Port Republic, and Piedmont through animated maps, primary sources, and historic images in the program!
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Crew Members of the B-17
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Gettysburg Campaign: 160th Anniversary Event
Filmed at both the PCWA Gettysburg and The Receding Tide 160th Anniversary events, this documentary explores recreated aspects of the Gettysburg Campaign using no narration, but rather all primary accounts by the men who struggled there.
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What Manner of Men
When Flight Sergeant Richard Brown bails out over the Arnhem battlefield, he finds himself in brutal fight on the ground, fighting a losing battle against superior German opposition. Can he persuade a stubborn handful of Airborne soldiers to surrender before it is too late?
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Titanic: Band of Courage
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The Mind of the Kamikaze
In late 1944, Japan’s military turned to a deadly and radical tactic: suicide attacks by pilots known as kamikaze, or “divine wind.” These young men, often in their late teens, flew explosive-laden aircraft into Allied ships, sacrificing themselves to delay defeat. The kamikaze program, rooted in...
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When Britain betrayed France
The French government signed an armistice with Germany in mid-1940, which was effective from June 22nd onward, following the fall of France. This would, as the French hoped, put an end to the regional conflict in France and restore a measure of security. England, which had by this time withdrawn ...
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Last Gasp Concert: Part 2
This being the last live concert by the legendary 2nd South Carolina String Band, performed in Gettysburg, PA November 15th 2024, Remembrance Day Weekend for the benefit of the Lomas Center Museum Gettysburg.
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Cailloux: The Fight to Freedom
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The incredible true story of a man born enslaved, who eventually lead the first assault by Black soldiers in the Civil War. Andre Cailloux’s courage became a rallying cry in their fight to end slavery. Told through the works of local New Orleans artists and preeminent experts, this important and ...
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LIBERATION! VE Day in Europe 1945
Pilsen in the Czech Republic was liberated on the 6th May 1945 by elements of General George Patton’s 3rd Army.
Now each year the Czech people remember these events and put on a huge display of armour and parade through the streets accompanied by flypasts from wartime aircraft.
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John H. Willets: He Knew Lincoln and Booth!
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The Battle For Itter Castle: The Strangest Battle of WW2
The battle for Itter Castle is one of the strangest battles of World War 2!
In May 1945 as WW2 was in its last few days, an unlikely team of US Army, Wehrmacht and SS teamed up in an effort to defend an Austrian Castle full of French Prisoners of War from the SS!
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Making History Documentaries
History is never as simple as the stories we're told. In this video, we talk about the process of researching history — and why finding the truth is often harder than it seems. History is written by the victors, but what happens to the stories from the losing side? Propaganda, simplified narrativ...
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Crimean War Logistics & the Great Storm of 1854
When did nature conspire with the enemy? In November of 1854 a massive storm wreaked havoc on the encamped British, French, Turkish, and Russian armies in the Crimea and wrecked more than 37 ships in the Black Sea. The storm would not only unleash God's wrath upon the exposed armies, but initiate...
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Roots of a Nation - The Smithfield Story
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Take a journey through the 250-year history of Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia - from the European immigrants who shaped a nation through their relationships with founding fathers to the enslaved Africans who built it through the work of their hands, “Roots of a Nation” is an honest...
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The Forgotten Victims of the French & Indian War
The French and Indian War is an often overlooked part of American History, that has many lasting effects. The outcome of the war changed the destiny of Native Americans in North America. The French and Indian War was a conflict between Britain and France for control of North America. While Indian...
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Addressing Gettysburg's COMBAT STORIES Captain Dale Dye
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The Monster Gun of the Crimean War
The story of a 'superweapon' designed to break the stalemate of siege warfare in the Crimea using all the industrial might Victorian Britain had to offer. This massive 36in mortar could fire a 2900lb shell nearly two miles - built in 1854 as a Crimean War superweapon by Robert Mallet, an Irish g...
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If This Valley is Lost
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Boom, XB-1 Goes Supersonic
This year, Boom Supersonic's demonstrator, the XB-1, achieved a major milestone by breaking the sound barrier. Having achieved supersonic flight marks an important milestone toward the company's larger commercial airliner, the Overture.
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Last Gasp Concert: Part 1
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